Reel



E. J. M ORDT Oat. 2?, 1925 Filed Aug. 1a. 1924 i naaste-Lia TEN? GFFICE.

EB-K J. MOEDT, 0F EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

REEL.

Application filed august 18, 1324.

Be it known that l, Enix Monn'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which thefollowing is a speci Vication.

This invention relates to reels adapted for winding rope, twine, cord,line or the like and is particularly intended for use in connection withclothes lines. Clothes lines are usually wound in hanks for selling andthe user after unwinding the hank commonly winds the rope or line up ina hall or in a roll and in doing so the line is usually twisted until itbecomes full of kinks and in some cases the twisting action takes thetwist or lay out of a twisted rope so that the strands are more or lessparallel and the rope is thereby more or less injured.

My invention provides a combined holder and reel which serves as a meansfor holding or supporting the rope in attractive position for selling ormerchandising and also provides means whereby the rope will be betterpreserved and is more. readily handled when it is put in use.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved reel for rope,twine or the like; to provide a reel which will be light, strong' andsimple in construction and which may be manufactured at a low cost; toprovide a reel of this character which will be durable and eliicient inoperation and also which will be attractive in order to provide a holderwhich will assist in merchandising clothes lines or other similar lines;and in general to provide such an improved device as will be describedmore fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating` this invention,

Figure l is a side view of a reel or holder showing` a portion of theline wound thereon; and

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

In the particular forni of th@ invention as illustrated in thesedrawings, the reel comprises a frame or holding portion 3 which isprovided with suitable handles el and 5 whereby it may be supported inone hand of the operator and turned by the other hand. rlhe holder orframe portion 3 is preferably made flat so that it will occupy butlittle space and in the present instance is shown as made of wire bentto forni sides 6 6 and ends 7 7 which are con- Seral No. 732,770.

nected by loops 8 8. These loops form the flanges or rope retaining`side portions of the reel. This frame member or holder may be made of asingle piece of wire or for convenience in construction it may be madeof two pieces with the abutting` ends welded or fastened together.

The handles l and 5 are carried on a rod or wire 9. One end of this wireprojects at right angles to the frame in the center thereof to receivethe handle l and the wire is then bent and carried up to a pointadjacent to' one end of the frame where it projects at right anglesthereto to receive. the handle 5. lhis rod or wire is secured to theframe portion 3 by welding, brazing or in any other suitable manner. Therope or clothes line l0 is secured to the rod 9 by a clipY ll and iswound over the end pieces 7 until a suicient amount is reeled thereon.When a close line, for instance. has been wound on the reel it presentsa particularly neat and attractive appearance and if desired the end ofthe line may be provided with a loop which will be exposed on the faceof the coil so that the purchaser will see that the end of the line maybe fastened to a hook or nail without having to be tied. Furthermore, lprefer to have the frame or reel painted or enainelled in attractivecolors thereby forming a colored itrarne around the reeled line whichfurther adds to the appearance of the device and assists ininerchandising such lines. W' hen the line is to be unreeled, theoperator fastens the free end to a hook, nail or the like and by holdingon the handle 4 the reel will readily rotate to pay off the line. Whenthe line is to be again wound up-` the operator holds the handle l, forinstance, in the left hand which serves as a bearing and the handle 5then serves as a crank handle for turning,` the reel.

It will of course be apparent that the device may be made in varioussizes and shapes for displaying and reeling different lOt kinds oflines, rope, cord or the like without departing` from the scope of myinvention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the exact forniherein shown and describech except as specified in the following claimsin which l claim:

l. A reel comprising a rectangular frame with sides 6 6 and ends 7 7connected by integrally formed anges 8, a wire 9 secured to the frameand having one end projecting from the frame in the center thereof andthe other end projectingv frointhe other side of the frame at a distancefrom the center and rotatable handles secured to said projecting ends. i

2. A reel con'iprisinw' a tranne *termed of Wire with projections at thecorners for retaininga line tohe reeled thereon, a Wire arrangeddiagonalljxY with respect to the frame and having one end projecting atthe center of the traine and the other end at a distance from the centerand rotatable handles secured to the projecting ends.

A ipbefiee 3. ln a device of the character set forth, the combination ofa reel comprising a [lat traine formed of Wire having depressions in theend thereof fer receiving the rope to he recled thereon. a cross piecesecured to said traine and having its ends projecting at either sideoill the traine` handles secured to said ends and a rope Ahaving oneend` secured to said cross piece and being adapted to he reeled upon theframe7 sub stantially as described.

ERIK J. MORDT.

